Mizoram Board Home Tutor in Aizawl (HSLC & HSSLC)

The Mizoram board in brief

According to its website, mbse.edu.in, the board is led by a whole-time Chairman and run day to day by a Secretary, with three branches: General, Academic and Examination. A regional office, opened in December 2007, serves the three southern districts of Lunglei, Lawngtlai and Saiha. The board prescribes syllabi and textbooks, affiliates high schools and higher secondary schools district by district, and conducts the HSLC and HSSLC examinations, with applications and schools' internal marks handled through its online portal. In Aizawl District, printed application forms for the HSSLC are issued from the MBSE office at Chaltlang. Routines, results and notices are the board's to publish, so rely on its website for them; what follows simply summarises the board's own published documents.

HSLC: what a Class 10 student writes

Under the scheme the board publishes, Class 9 promotion exams are set by the schools, and the board examines at the end of Class 10. Five subjects go to the external examination, and three more are graded by the school.

To pass, a student needs at least 33% in each theory paper, in each practical, and in the aggregate, and must pass the internal and external parts of a subject separately. Divisions run from Third (33%) through Second (50%) and First (60%) to Distinction (75%), and 80% or more in a subject earns a "Letter". A candidate who fails one of the five external subjects may take a compartmental exam in it, subject to the board's conditions. Subject detail is on our Aizawl pages for maths, science and English.

Internal marks count from the first class test

Every non-graded HSLC subject carries up to 20 internal-assessment marks based on the student's record through the year, and they must be passed in their own right. The board's notices show how this works in practice: schools enter internal evaluation marks on the board's portal, and for high schools the first submission covers two class tests and the first-term examination. In other words, a careless class test in the first term is not a practice run; it is part of the record. A tutor who starts in the first term can make those tests count, which is one reason we suggest beginning well before the board season.

HSSLC: streams, electives and practical marks

The HSSLC is offered in Arts, Science and Commerce. The board's scheme, in force for the 2025 examinations onwards, asks each candidate for a first language (English or Hindi), a second language or an elective in its place, and three electives, with an optional additional elective; each paper is worth 80 marks and needs 26 to pass. Subjects with practical work split 70 for theory and 10 for the practical. General studies, work experience and physical and health education are assessed by the school. The board has announced that the 2027 HSSLC examinations will be held in February and March 2027, with exact dates to follow on its website.

• Science: physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and geology are among the electives. Our physics and chemistry pages set out their unit marks and practicals.
• Commerce: accountancy, business studies, business mathematics and economics.
• Arts: history, geography, political science, sociology, psychology, education, public administration and others, with languages including English, Mizo, Hindi, Bengali and Nepali.

Schools decide which subject combinations they offer, so check with yours. Our article on choosing a board and stream helps with the decision.

Free material on the board's website

Question design and scheme of examinations

For HSLC and HSSLC: marks by unit, numbers of questions of each size, internal choices and pass rules. It is the single most useful document for planning a year.

Syllabus and textbook lists

The higher secondary syllabus and the 2026-27 textbook lists for Classes 9–10 and 11–12. The maths and science textbooks for Classes 9 and 10 are bilingual, while the board's curriculum gives English as the general medium of instruction.

Previous years' question papers

HSLC papers from 2021 to 2025, and HSSLC papers for Arts, Science and Commerce over the same years.

Class 10 competency-based item bank

Issued in November 2025: 357 questions across English, Mizo, science, mathematics and social science, each written answer with a marking scheme and acceptable alternatives.

Lessons built on these files, with an eye on the notifications page for any revision, are what an MBSE student needs. A guidebook written for some other board is a poor substitute.

How MBSE compares with CBSE in practice

• Class 10 books differ. MBSE prescribes its own list, including bilingual maths and science textbooks and the Essential English series; CBSE uses NCERT.
• Class 10 papers differ. HSLC science is a 70-mark theory paper with a 10-mark practical; HSLC maths includes a short Sets topic.
• Class 12 overlaps more. NCERT titles appear on the board's Class 11–12 lists, and the Class 12 chemistry chapters carry the same marks on both boards.
• Practical weight differs. HSSLC science practicals are worth 10 marks; CBSE's are worth 30.

If you are weighing the two boards, the CBSE home tutor in Aizawl page sets out the CBSE side.

Year by year: how tuition time should shift from Class 9 to Class 12

How MBSE tutors reach six Aizawl localities

Aizawl's homes are mostly multi-storey buildings on steep slopes, often entered from the road with stairs up or down to the flat, and heavy rain slows every trip between April and October. Six localities illustrate what to arrange; the full list of areas is on our Aizawl page.

• Chaltlang (Durtlang, Chaltlang and Bawngkawn): home to the academic wing of the state Directorate of School Education and to the MBSE office where HSSLC forms are issued. Tutors from Bawngkawn, Durtlang and Ramhlun are close; give the floor and a landmark.
• Zemabawk (same zone): residential lanes beside rental housing blocks and institutional land. Give the block name; larger buildings may note visitors.
• Zarkawt (Chanmari, Zarkawt and Dawrpui): the site of the first high school in the Mizo hills, opened in 1944, and of education offices on McDonald Hill. Central roads crowd at office hours, so time the lesson around them.
• Luangmual (Tuikual, Vaivakawn and Luangmual): a residential locality whose ward stretches to the outer localities. Tutors in Chawnpui, Zonuam, Vaivakawn or Tanhril are the practical match; agree where the tutor parks.
• Khatla (Khatla, Mission Veng and Kulikawn): one cluster with Bungkawn, Maubawk and Lawipu, so a tutor from within it can keep a regular weekday time.
• Kulikawn (same zone): steep slopes and valleys between localities; the likeliest tutors live in Tlangnuam, Saikhamakawn or Thakthing. Say which entrance and floor to use.

Zone pages with more timing advice: Durtlang, Chaltlang and Bawngkawn, Chanmari, Zarkawt and Dawrpui, Tuikual, Vaivakawn and Luangmual and Khatla, Mission Veng and Kulikawn.

At home, on screen, or a mix?

In Classes 9 and 10 a tutor at the table normally helps more, above all in maths and science, where the working has to be seen. A screen lesson is a dependable fallback on the wettest evenings, and a genuine choice for Class 12 electives where a specialist may not live nearby, such as geology or business mathematics. A weekly visit plus an online session is a common pattern; the online tutor for Aizawl page covers the equipment and routine.

What to ask an MBSE tutor at the demo

• Which book on the board's prescribed list do you teach this subject from?
• Show me how you plan a term from the question design and the past HSLC or HSSLC papers.
• What will you do about class tests and term exams, since they feed the internal marks?
• How often will you look over the practical record?
• Can you hold one fixed weekly time from April to October, switching online on the worst days?

Unhappy with the answers? The next tutor on your shortlist gives a demo instead, and a later change costs nothing. The demo class checklist has further pointers.

Cost, and how to request tutors

Across NXTutors, most home-tuition sessions fall between ₹800 and ₹2,500 an hour; Classes 11–12, IB/IGCSE and JEE/NEET sit toward the upper end; specialists for IB HL or JEE Advanced can charge more. Tutors fix their own fees, and you see each one on the shortlist ahead of the demo; the pricing guide and the Aizawl home tuition fees article give the detail.

Tell us the class and subjects, the building, floor and nearest landmark, and the hours you can offer. Two or three suitable tutors come back, and you choose one for a free demo class. Every tutor who joins passes an ID check. To look around first, browse tutor profiles or open the Aizawl home tuition guide. Teachers familiar with the MBSE syllabus can find students through Aizawl tuition jobs.